中国即将全面放开二胎政策_BEC初级作文

中国即将全面放开二胎政策

中国在2017年1月开始放宽这一争议政策，允许夫妻生育第二个孩子，如果父亲或母亲是独生子女，即单独二胎政策。

The move was hailed as a major liberalization of the three-decades-old restriction, but new figures released in January 2017 suggested that fewer people than expected were taking the plunge and expanding their family. Nationwide, nearly 1 million couples eligible under the new rules had applied to have a second child, state media reported at the time. Health officials had said that the policy would lead to as many as 2 million new births when the policy change was first announced, and it was estimated that 11 million couples were eligible.

此举被喻为三十年计划生育后的大解放，但2017年1月份公布的新数据表明，二胎申请数量比预期少很多。在全国范围内，近100万对符合新政策条件的夫妇已申请二胎，官方资讯报道。卫生署曾表示，政策变化首次公布时，新生人口将多达200万，而据估计，符合二胎政策条件的夫妇有1100万对。

Two kids? Thanks but no, say some Chinese

“二胎？谢了，不必”，一些中国人表示。

Aging population

老龄化问题

China's government has said the country could become home to the most elderly population on the planet in just 15 years, with more than 400 million people over the age of 60.